The film is not perfect by any means. Yet that Ken Burns shmaltz can be a useful vehicle for more nuanced, complex conversations about womens’ rights and the role of women in 19th and 20th century America.

On August 2, 1943, while on patrol in the Solomon Islands, PT-109, with Lt. (jg) Jack Kennedy in command, was sunk after being rammed by the Japanese Destroyer Amagiri. Read the Story of the PT-109 in Prologue...More pages from the Action Report of the Loss of the USS PT-109 in ARC...